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3TR: DOOM (2016) Game Review

Story:

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Unfortunately for DOOM the 10-12 hour campaign depending on your choice of difficulty does not really have much of story but more of a concept and it is the exact same concept as the first game did back in 1993. You play as an unnamed soldier you wake up in a facility on mars. You Don’t know how you got there, you don’t know why your there but as soon as you walk into the next room, you put some armor, grabs some guns and from that point on it is your job to turn off a portal to hell that has been opened up and this will require you will go from point A to point B across multiple locations killing anything and everything that gets in your way.

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Now look I understand the first two installments back in the 90s were not really trying to tell a story and were more or less run and gun shoot’em games. But at least DOOM 3 tried to explain what had been going on before everything went to hell through data logs in a kind of Dead Space kind of way and even other shoot’em games like Call of Duty, Battlefield and dare I say even Wolfenstein which back day the two were practically twins of each other just set with different themes have attempted to tell some kind story over the course of their franchises. So I’m just a bit disappointed that after 23 years this game doesn’t even attempt to do such a things in fact the game is so self-aware of itself that one of the first things your character does after picking up a monitor that is trying to explain anything is flat out throw it away symbolizing that game itself doesn’t care about telling a story and neither should you. Oh sure there are a few moments throughout the game that try to explain events but they so irritant and you simply won’t care and what makes them worst is that you can’t skip these moments and they are just there to make the game longer then it needs to be. If you someone who is just looking to jump start killing things with no real reason then this issue will not bother you. But for me, if you going to remake an old title I would’ve expected at least a solid attempt at telling a plot not just recycle an old concept. If other franchises whose original entries that provided just a simple concepts back in the day as this one did could evolve over time in this department there are not reasons why this one couldn’t do it too.

Gameplay:

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Now, what DOOM lacks in story it completely elevates itself in terms of its gameplay. DOOM has some of the most high energy and intense gunplay action I have played in some time. What really set DOOM apart from other shooters is the dynamic quality of its level design and how the gameplay really requires you to stay in a constant state of movement while engaging you enemies. Your ability to maneuver around your environment is a key aspect of your survival as the wide scale and open areas allow your enemies the ability to span from just about any location making the chances of being complexly overwhelmed from multiple different directions a real threat. The enemy variety is quite large bring back most of the classic enemies that have appeared over the course of the franchise and providing them with their own unique movements and attacks which went combined against you can be quite challenging especially in the later chapters. There are few bosses spread throughout the game that can be quite difficult to take down on some the much higher difficulties. But luckily over the course of the game, you will be granted access to a fairly powerful collection of weapons that all have their uses in the right situation. You’ve got Shotguns, machine guns, plasma weapons, multiple different grenades and even the all powerful BFG makes its return. If one chooses to want to finish off an enemy in style there are a series of special what are called GLORY KILLS that can be applied once you have caused enough damage to stagger an enemy and they can instantly finish off an enemy in bloody fashion with each unique enemy having various animations. The kills in this game are so gory the developers clearly took a page from Santa Monica Studios God of War series. One the biggest addition that this installment of DOOM has is a new expansive upgrade system. Everything from your Armor to your weapons and more can be upgraded as your armor enchantments add more to your combative performance while the upgrades to your weapons allow you different firing modes that can be attuned to your particular type of gameplay. Another addition to the gameplay is a series of what are call Rune Trials that require you to complete a specific challenge that is accomplished grant you access to special perks that you add on your charter that can also get an upgrade to grant you an edge in combat. Throughout your exploration there a good deal of collectibles that can be found in secret hidden areas along with a good amount Easter eggs that provide some very awesome throwbacks to the original 1993 game. Once you have finished the main campaign you can either choose to go back and play through it again on a higher difficulty or you can jump into multiplayer and playthroughs a number of interesting game modes that can provide some level of fun entertainment but can feel somewhat limited to some players.

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Game Design:

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I.D. and Bethesda studios have done an incredible job with bringing this old franchise into this modern generation of gaming. In terms of its overall visual design DOOM is simply incredible running in 1080p, 60fps. So much attention detail has been applied here as every new environment you encounter has its own unique taste giving you a great sense of atmosphere and a clear idea of just how out of control situation has become with multiple corpses laid out throughout the environment and blood slathered across the walls and the physical damage of the facility itself. The level design is also quite unique as not only are maps giving lots of open space to maneuver but it is also given levels of elevation giving you, even more, avenues that you can use maneuver along with providing your enemies with the same advantages to catch you off guard. The sound design is also handled every well as every enemy has their own sound that can notify you of their arrival if you hear them through the chaos. All your weapons give a sense of the how powerful they are with each round fired and what high energy impact sound effect and what engagement would be complete without some awesome hard metal music playing in the background adding to the intensity of the moment which also can give you an indication of when the enemy is still in the area and need to seek out and killed before you can move to the next area and on a final note thou the amount of exploration can be quite expensive due to size of the maps there is a solid of amount of backtracking and a need to repeat objectives from chapter to chapter that can cause to the game to feel somewhat reparative over a long period of time. But if this is something that won’t bother your own personal playthrough then I would say your extra time with exploration can certainly pay off in the long run.

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